There are always exceptions to rules that should be broken when the time and place require it. But the majority of the time, the rules are there to guide us and ensure we are all operating within the same parameters that will help our team grow and develop. If one person is always breaking the rules they are sending the clearest of messages that the rules don’t apply to them. And if the rules don’t…
The team meeting is the most hallowed of all meetings. It is a gathering of the minds of your team and the greatest opportunity for you to lay out the plans for the week and hear from your team about what they are doing, where they are struggling, where help is required, and most importantly where you can reassure them. Don’t ever show up unprepared for a team meeting, it’s your single, greatest tool in…
Of course, we don’t. That’s why we’re asking. A more accurate (and received response) would be – “let me explain”. Because that’s what will help me learn.
We romanticize failure infinitely too much. Yes, to grow you need to fail. But if you are failing all the time and in a spectacular fashion, perhaps the goal shouldn’t be to keep failing but to find a way to generate a win so you can build on that. At some point we need to succeed.
Next is what we are all after. We don’t always know what next is, but we know it is the next thing that we want to go for, it’s the next thing we want to achieve. The goal then is to figure out what you need to do, to get to Next, and start the plan to get there. Sounds like lots of “thinking” work and not enough “doing” work, but if you’re not willing…